Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of cases in an outbreak in the BC interior, 2008–2015

Case characteristic	All cases (N = 52)	Homeless cases only (N = 42)
Sex
Male	47/52 (90%)	40/42 (95%)
Age
Median	50 years	51 years
Range	20–82 years	20–71 years
<40 years	11/52 (21%)	6/42 (14%)
40–59 years	30/52 (58%)	27/42 (64%)
⩾60 years	11/52 (21%)	9/42 (21%)
Site of infection
Respiratory	49/52 (94%)	39/42 (93%)
Non-respiratory	2/52 (4%)	2/42 (5%)
Respiratory and non-respiratory	1/52 (2%)	1/42 (2%)
Clinical findings for respiratory TB cases
Sputum smear acid-fast bacilli positive	27/50 (54%)	22/40 (55%)
Abnormal chest X-ray	46/50 (92%)	36/40 (90%)
Clinical outcome
Hospitalization	44/51 (86%)	36/41 (88%)
Death	3/52 (6%)	2/42 (5%)
Treatment outcome
Completed treatment or monitoring	46/50 (92%)	37/40 (93%)
Treatment ongoing	1/50 (2%)	1/40 (3%)
Case deceased	3/50 (6%)	2/40 (5%)